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Is it permissible to use lottery winnings to support Islamic activities for Muslim children?

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Lottery is a type of gambling and (games of chance) that Allah Almighty has forbidden and considered an abomination from the work of Satan, as He said: (O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing to] stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful). It is not permissible for Muslims to organize lotteries to benefit from their profits to support activities, whether charitable or otherwise, because money obtained from gambling is impure and forbidden. However, if donations come from entities that practice gambling or usury, there is no harm in accepting them, especially when there is a need, because the prohibition of the money applies only to its earner.

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